Oscars 2019: Lucien Picks and Predicts The Nominees
On Tuesday morning (when I’ll be in Budapest), the Academy will announce the nominees for the 91st Oscars, in a bizarre year filled with odd and controversial frontrunners. But who will make the list in every major category? And who are my personal choices? Read on to find out…
Note: I have seen all the year’s major contenders with the exception of Can You Ever Forgive Me? and At Eternity’s Gate.
Best Picture
My personal picks
Mission: Impossible — Fallout
Widows
Incredibles 2
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Old Man And The Gun
A Star Is Born
Roma
Mary Poppins Returns
BlackKklansman
My predictions
Roma
A Star is Born
Green Book
The Favourite
Black Panther
BlackKklansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Vice
If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Director
My personal picks
Christopher McQuarrie Mission: Impossible — Fallout
David Lowery The Old Man and the Gun
Steve McQueen Widows
Bradley Cooper A Star is Born
Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Could Talk
My predictions
Alfonso Cuaron Roma
Adam McKay Vice
Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite
Bradley Cooper A Star is Born
Spike Lee BlackKklansman
Lead Actor
My personal picks
Robert Redford The Old Man and the Gun
Bradley Cooper A Star is Born
Jim Cummings Thunder Road
Christian Bale Vice
Tom Hardy Venom
My predictions
Christian Bale Vice
Rami Malek Bohemian Rhapsody
Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born
Viggo Mortensen Green Book
Ryan Gosling First Man
Lead Actress
My personal picks
Regina Hall Support The Girls
Lady Gaga A Star is Born
KiKi Layne If Beale Street Could Talk
Olivia Cooke Thoroughbreds
Elsie Fisher Eighth Grade
My predictions
Olivia Colman The Favourite
Lady Gaga A Star is Born
Glenn Close The Wife
Melissa McCarthy Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Nicole Kidman Destroyer
Supporting Actor
My personal picks
Daniel Kaluuya Widows
Bryan Tyree Henry If Beale Street Could Talk
Casey Affleck The Old Man and the Gun
Henry Cavill Mission: Impossible — Fallout
Dick Van Dyke Mary Poppins Returns
My predictions
Richard E Grant Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Mahershala Ali Green Book
Timothée Chalamet Beautiful Boy
Adam Driver BlackKklansman
Sam Rockwell Vice
Supporting Actress
My personal picks
Elizabeth Debicki Widows
Michelle Monaghan Mission: Impossible — Fallout
Sissy Spacek The Old Man and the Gun
Emma Stone The Favourite
Thomasin McKenzie Leave No Trace
My predictions
Emma Stone The Favourite
Rachel Weisz The Favourite
Amy Adams Vice
Regina King If Beale Street Could Talk
Thomasin McKenzie Leave No Trace
Adapted Screenplay
My personal picks
The Old Man and the Gun
Christopher Robin
Widows
Mission: Impossible — Fallout
Incredibles 2
Original Screenplay
My personal picks
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Thunder Road
Mid90s
Support The Girls
Eighth Grade
Cinematography
My personal picks
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mission: Impossible — Fallout
First Man
The Old Man and the Gun
Cold War
Editing
My personal picks
Mission: Impossible — Fallout
A Star is Born
Widows
The Old Man and the Gun
BlackKklansman
Original Score
My personal picks
Lorne Balfe Mission: Impossible — Fallout
Daniel Hart The Old Man and the Gun
Mark Shaiman Mary Poppins Returns
Nicholas Britell Vice
Nicholas Britell If Beale Street Could Talk
Animated Feature
My personal picks
Incredibles 2
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation
Isle of Dogs
Stay tuned to the site over the next few weeks as I unleash an array of Oscar coverage including category breakdowns and — of course — my final predictions for who will win on the night.
